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Collection - Coins and Notes - Diário de Notícias #6 50 Reis
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda de Lisboa |
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| Year | 1891 |
| Type | Replica banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain rectangular note with a decorative guilloche border enclosing the central text field. The issuer name arches across the top in bold letterpress, followed by the denomination in large serif type flanked by the word BRONZE on each side. Date and a manuscript director's signature appear below, with Serie A noted at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | CASA DA MOEDA Bronze - CINCOENTA RÉIS - Bronze Lisboa 6 de agosto de 1891 O DIRECTOR Serie A |
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The 1891 *Diário de Notícias* cédula series is one of the more unusual episodes in Portuguese monetary history. A severe coin shortage that year prompted the Lisbon newspaper *Diário de Notícias* to collaborate with the Casa da Moeda in issuing small-denomination paper notes intended to substitute for low-value copper coinage in everyday transactions — a private emergency solution to a public problem.
The sixth piece in the series, this 50 Réis note circulated among readers and advertisers as functional small change, not as a banking instrument. The arrangement had no formal legal tender status in the conventional sense.